Deputy assistant secretary Tim Hauser said the Labor Department has room to adjust the rule if problems arise.
If the industry was really serious about getting rid of rogue brokers, it would do more both individually and through Finra.
Financial wellness is one of the hottest topics in the retirement industry today and at top of mind for many plan sponsors.
Encourage clients to think ahead about how much financial responsibility they're willing to assume for their aging parents.
Equal-weighted index beats S&P 500 by most in three years.
Advisers need to scrutinize any sort of markup on a platform they're recommending, making sure it is reasonable.
When things go awry among family members or with the assets held in trust, trustees can get sued
Groups for and against the rule sound off on the latest development in the DOL's attempt to create a fiduciary standard for retirement advice.
Fund giant offering financial advisers a tool for evaluating the funds that adheres to the 2013 guidance from the Department of Labor.
June has been a good month to do something besides invest in the stock market.
The penalty is the regulator's largest ever relating to anti-money laundering compliance.
The custodian cites too many tech options as the reason to end its dashboard partnership.
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce, SIFMA, FSI, IRI, the Financial Services Roundtable and several Texas business groups joined a lawsuit to block the Labor Department's landmark fiduciary regulation. <b><i>(Related read: <a href="http://www.investmentnews.com/section/fiduciary-focus" target="_blank">The DOL fiduciary rule from all angles</a>)</i></b>
More Americans with jobs say they plan on being septuagenarian employees, but working longer has its drawbacks.
The more access to credit unemployed people have, the choosier they are about the jobs they take. But is that a good thing?
No-cost brokerage trades also an option for bundle of products.
DOL's rule accelerates an opportunity for these firms to wrap products into advice-driven online platforms.
The lawsuit may push the rule to the next presidential administration, which could ultimately kill the rule.
